Kreisel

English translation: roundabout

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German term or phrase:	Kreisel
English translation:	roundabout
Entered by:	Poornima Iyengar

16:46 Oct 28, 2003

German to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel / Tourism

German term or phrase: Kreisel

Beim 2 Kreisel (Mc Donalds) rechts Richtung Hausen am Albis/Industriezone Blegi

Poornima Iyengar KudoZ activity Questions: 887 (7 open) (5 without valid answers) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 558
Local time: 14:39

roundabout

Explanation:
Pretty sure that this is just a roundabout

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Note added at 5 mins (2003-10-28 16:51:21 GMT)
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Coming from Paderborn via Bundesstrasse:
via B217 to Tönniesberg Kreisel (roundabout) heading for Ricklingen until Ricklinger Kreisel (roundabout) exiting in direction of Centrum (City) via Friedrich Ebert Strasse, turn right onto Ritter Brüning Strasse becoming Lavesallee, follow to Friederikenplatz and turn right onto Friedrichswall up to Aegidientorplatz.

http://www.coatings.de/findus.cfm
http://www.vincentz.de/wegbeschreibung/findus.cfm

Selected response from:

IanW (X)
Local time: 11:09

Grading comment

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Summary of answers provided

4 +14

roundabout

IanW (X)

3 +5

traffic circle

Kim Metzger

interchange

gangels (X)

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

traffic circle

Explanation:
I think.

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 03:09
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 88

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +14

roundabout

IanW (X)
Local time: 11:09
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 43

Grading comment

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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Tobi

3 mins

agree

vhz

4 mins

agree

tectranslate ITS GmbH: Definitely, if you're not referring to a "Karussell". According to LEO, it's "rotary" in AE, btw. Traffic circle should be fine, too.

5 mins

agree

cologne

20 mins

agree

David Moore (X): .

31 mins

agree

Anglo-German (X): No doubt it is a roundabout :-)

1 hr

-> You're a poet and you didn't know-et

agree

Daniel Bird

1 hr

agree

Alison Schwitzgebel: in the UK

1 hr

agree

Wenke Geddert: Yes, in the UK

2 hrs

agree

Cécile Kellermayr

2 hrs

agree

John Bowden: The UK term

2 hrs

agree

Armorel Young: traffic circle is odd to UK ears. They could of course also be mini-roundabouts, but presumably we have no way of finding that out.

4 hrs

agree

OlafK

6 hrs

agree

Manfred Mondt: not to forget the MAGIC roundabout in Swindon..

8 hrs

7 hrs confidence:

interchange

Explanation:
in the US if its different highways splitting off a [circular] hub. (Kreuzung is an intersection). In case of local traffic, it's a traffic rotunda

'roundabout' is no more than an 'Umweg' (though generally called a 'diversion'), eg., because of road construction.

gangels (X)
Local time: 03:09
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in category: 13

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